It's hard to know how dependent to something one can become until it's gone or it's taken away. This past friday, maintenance / physical plant guys showed up cut the power to the floor outlets in the graduate studios and covered them with brand new shiny brass plates. The reason they gave was that: they are unsafe because we(the grads) might spill some liquid in it. In that years that the building has existed has anybody spilled anything in the electrical floor sockets.
Recently i've started experimenting with integrating electronic components, such as: Speakers, motors, lights, buttons, and stuff, in to my paintings / wall pieces. soldering gun, hot glue gun, hot knife, lamps, & a/c power are tools / things that i use to make these experiments happen. therefore, no floor electrical sockets equal no happening in my studio. sunday after the power cut and discovering that the outlets on the original wall still had power, i bought i 50 foot bright orange commercial quality extension cord. with my bright orange contraband, i was able to complete a mask made from and old mask respirator .
I don't know what it for yet. You can wear it and what ever you say is distorted and digitalized, kinda, and i can plug my ipod to it.
OooH Yes, there is an article about this electrical components that can be sewn into clothing. they use a multi-use platform called an auduino. it's something i'm interested in.
